Stud-fastener plate.



INV NTOR ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 4, 1919.

L. 1'. SULLIVAN.

STUD FASTENER PLATE APPLICATION mm SPT-. 30, 191s.

LEONARD 3'. SULLIVAN, OF NORTH SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA.

STUD-FASTENER PLATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 30, 1916. Serial No. 123,158.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEONARD J. SULLIVAN, a subject of the King ofEngland, residing at North Sydney, in the Province of New South Wales,Australia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stud-Fastener Plates, of which the following is a specification.

In constructing the frame for a building, it is the usual pr: ctice tobutt the studs onto the plates, of the frames and spike through, tonotch out the plates to receive the studs, or to provide a mortise andtenon joint, but in the first instance, the spike is not a securefastening and when the notching or mortise and tenoning is resorted to,the structural features of the frame are weakened, therefore it is anobject of my invention to provide a plate which may be used for securingthe studs of a frame to the plate, for framing the intermediate,trimmer, and other joints of floor or ceiling where trimmed for achimney opening, and in other like connections, without the necessity ofspiking glrough or cutting any of the framing tim- A further obj ec isto so construct the fastener plate that the same may be shipped 'andsold in a flat or blank form and may be bent up and secured in use,being adjusted to the size of the timber, without the use of specialtools and without special knowl edge or training.

With the above and other objects in vie-w, my invention consists incertain novel features of construction and combinations of parts whichwill be hereinafter set forth in connection with the accompanyingdrawings and then particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a view in perspective of the device in thebent up form with the joints shown by the dotted lines.

Fig. 2 is a view in edge elevation.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the blank forming the fastener plates.--

As here shown. the fastener plate comprises a single piece of sheetmetal which is stamped or otherwise out to the proper shape, and it hasbeen found that for all ordinary uses a fastener plate stamped or cutfrom eighteen or twenty gage black sheet iron has suflicient strength,although it will be understood thatthe dimensions and the materials usedin the construction of the plates do not constitute an essential part ofthe invention and the device in the form illustrated in Fig. 1 might beconstructed of cast metal.

The device comprises a body portion 1 which is extended at one end andis out to form the three tongue portions 2, 3, and 4, the opposite endof the body portion 1 having a substantially U-shaped cut providedtherein to form the tongue 5, it being the intention that the portionaround this tongue 5, and which will be hereinafter referred to as theextension 6, shall be bent in an angular disposition from the main bodyportion 1.

The wings 7 and 8 are formed to extend laterally from the main bodyportion 1 and these wings are cut through in substantially U-shapedformation to provide the side tongues 9 and 10. It is preferable thatthe tongues 2, 3, 4, and 5, as well as the side.

tongues 9 and 10 and the laterally extending wings? and 8, and also theextension-6 be provided with the nail receiving openings 11 which may bepierced, stamped, or otherwise formed therethrough. It is also perhapspreferable that a nail opening 12 be provided through the body portion1.

In the use of the fastener plate, the device as manufactured may havethe tongue 5 and theextension end 6 bent in opposite directions toextend at right angles to the body portion 1, if this be desired, orthese portions might be left to extend in the same plane with theremaining portions of the fastener plate structure so that the entirepiece of sheet metal will be substantially flat, the body portion 1 isplaced against a plate, or other piece to which the parts are to besecured and in conjunction with which a separate piece of framing timberis to be mounted. The extension portion 6 is then brought up against theside edge of the plate or other timber and cloutheaded or other nailsare passed through the openings 11 thereof into the plate, after which.the tongues 2 and 4 will be bent up against the opposite side edge ofthe plate or other timber and will be secured rigidly thereto by the useof nails. The framing timber is then butted against the body portion 1of the fastener plate and the tongue 5 is secured to the one of the sideedges of the timber, the tongue 3 being bent down to be secured againstthe opposite side edge of the frame timber and following this, thelaterally ex- Patented Mar. 4, 1919.

. cific form of the device,

tending wing portions 7 and 8 will be bent down against the sides of theframe timber and nails will be passed through the opening 11 thereofinto the frame timber and through the openings of the side-tongues 9 and10 into the plate.

By forming the fastener plate of a single piece of material which can bebent and shaped as it is placed in use, a device is provided which isadaptable for application to various sizes of timbers and various uses,further the parts are all so arranged that each of the extensions,wings, and tongues, act tostrengthen the fastening accomplished by theremaining portions, and while I have herein shown and described only onespeit will be understood that the fastener plate might be shaped andbent in other lines than those hcreinbefore' set forth, thatthe platemight be secured first to the studs, and then subsequently to the platein an inverse order of that hereinbefore set forth, that the device asan entirety might be constructed of cast metal shown to the form shownin Fig. 1, and other changes and modifications in the construction andarrangement of the parts might be resorted to without departing from thespirit and scope of my invention, and hence I do not wish to be limitedto the exact construction and arrangement of the parts as hereinbeforeset forth, but only to such points as may be limited in the claims.

I claim 1. A stud fastener plate comprising a body portion, an extensionformed at one each being provided gated body provided with a tongue endof said body portion and bent upwardly, I

from said extension an bent downwardly, side wings provided from thebody portion to be bent downwardly, side tongues struck from'the sidewings to lie in the same plane with the body portion, a central tongueprovided at the remaining end of the body portion to be bent at right anles thereto, and side tongues provlded a tongue struck ad]acent saidcentral tongue to be bent at right angles to the body portion in adirection opposed to the bending of the central tongue, the severalportions of the structure with openings to receive fastening means topermit securement of the plate in a relation to mount a pair of framingtimbers in the proper relation.

2. A stud fastener formed from a single piece of sheet metal comprisingan elonstruck from each end thereof, said tongues and ends being bent toextend in an opposite direction with respect to each other, said bodyprovided with laterally extending portions, a tongue struck from eachlaterally extending portion and projecting in the same horzontal planeas the body and said laterally extending portionsbelng bent to extend atright angles to said body.

In testimony whereof I in presence of two witnesses. LE N-Anna.SULLIVAN. Witnesses:

ILIEJRBERT MARTYRS, ALBERT BEGK.

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